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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,101-4,200)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,101 | Michael Joens | $5,958,456 | 1 | $5,958,456 |
| 4,102 | Takeshi Yagi | $5,954,671 | 1 | $5,954,671 |
| 4,103 | A. Taner Elhan | $5,953,353 | 2 | $2,976,677 |
| 4,104 | Safak Sezer | $5,949,881 | 1 | $5,949,881 |
| 4,105 | Carla Simón | $5,947,940 | 2 | $2,973,970 |
| 4,106 | Dewey Nicks | $5,942,218 | 1 | $5,942,218 |
| 4,107 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 4,108 | Gengxu Lu | $5,932,063 | 1 | $5,932,063 |
| 4,109 | Jon Shenk | $5,925,653 | 5 | $1,185,131 |
| 4,110 | Yang Yongchun | $5,921,481 | 1 | $5,921,481 |
| 4,111 | Lawrence Ah Mon | $5,919,976 | 2 | $2,959,988 |
| 4,112 | Philippe Mora | $5,919,000 | 7 | $845,571 |
| 4,113 | Alain DesRochers | $5,911,564 | 4 | $1,477,891 |
| 4,114 | Philippa Lowthorpe | $5,909,914 | 3 | $1,969,971 |
| 4,115 | Marco Ponti | $5,908,863 | 4 | $1,477,216 |
| 4,116 | Alexey Pimanov | $5,904,389 | 1 | $5,904,389 |
| 4,117 | Yûki Yamato | $5,899,333 | 2 | $2,949,667 |
| 4,118 | Marcos Siega | $5,895,253 | 2 | $2,947,627 |
| 4,119 | Bruce Schooley | $5,885,881 | 2 | $2,942,941 |
| 4,120 | Fernando Trueba | $5,877,864 | 7 | $839,695 |
| 4,121 | Chi-Man Wan | $5,876,318 | 1 | $5,876,318 |
| 4,122 | Cho Jin-mo | $5,872,055 | 2 | $2,936,028 |
| 4,123 | Craig Bolotin | $5,871,603 | 2 | $2,935,802 |
| 4,124 | Hervé Mimran | $5,869,917 | 2 | $2,934,959 |
| 4,125 | Toshikazu Yoshizawa | $5,866,131 | 1 | $5,866,131 |
| 4,126 | Pa Ranjith | $5,862,872 | 4 | $1,465,718 |
| 4,127 | Kim Young-hoon | $5,856,796 | 1 | $5,856,796 |
| 4,128 | Ferdinand Fairfax | $5,855,392 | 1 | $5,855,392 |
| 4,129 | Gopi Puthran | $5,854,240 | 1 | $5,854,240 |
| 4,130 | Brian Smrz | $5,840,146 | 1 | $5,840,146 |
| 4,131 | Bonni Cohen | $5,839,322 | 3 | $1,946,441 |
| 4,132 | Tom Savini | $5,835,247 | 1 | $5,835,247 |
| 4,133 | Mandeep Kumar | $5,834,204 | 3 | $1,944,735 |
| 4,134 | Yutaka Tsuchida | $5,832,342 | 1 | $5,832,342 |
| 4,135 | Sabir Khan | $5,822,665 | 4 | $1,455,666 |
| 4,136 | Yefeng Jiang | $5,821,687 | 3 | $1,940,562 |
| 4,137 | Shinkyu Choi | $5,817,041 | 1 | $5,817,041 |
| 4,138 | Abhishek Pathak | $5,813,232 | 2 | $2,906,616 |
| 4,139 | Ty Roberts | $5,804,653 | 2 | $2,902,327 |
| 4,140 | Shôsuke Murakami | $5,804,519 | 2 | $2,902,260 |
| 4,141 | Paul Newman | $5,796,855 | 5 | $1,159,371 |
| 4,142 | Oleksandra Ruban | $5,791,292 | 1 | $5,791,292 |
| 4,143 | Elena Hazanov | $5,789,269 | 3 | $1,929,756 |
| 4,144 | Gary A. Sherman | $5,785,046 | 2 | $2,892,523 |
| 4,145 | Dae-woong Kim | $5,782,988 | 2 | $2,891,494 |
| 4,146 | Wesley Strick | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 4,147 | Michael Wiseman | $5,761,157 | 4 | $1,440,289 |
| 4,148 | Xiao Zhang | $5,748,970 | 1 | $5,748,970 |
| 4,149 | Valeriy Todorovskiy | $5,740,805 | 4 | $1,435,201 |
| 4,150 | Alexi Tan | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 4,151 | Chen Feihong | $5,724,682 | 1 | $5,724,682 |
| 4,152 | Tadas Vidmantas | $5,722,647 | 6 | $953,775 |
| 4,153 | Duke Johnson | $5,706,168 | 1 | $5,706,168 |
| 4,154 | Olivier Marchal | $5,705,566 | 2 | $2,852,783 |
| 4,155 | Dong Long | $5,703,033 | 2 | $2,851,517 |
| 4,156 | Jo Geun-sik | $5,701,519 | 1 | $5,701,519 |
| 4,157 | Anatole Litvak | $5,700,045 | 4 | $1,425,011 |
| 4,158 | Kevin James Dobson | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 4,159 | Aleksandra Lupashko | $5,690,388 | 3 | $1,896,796 |
| 4,160 | Joshua Enck | $5,679,324 | 1 | $5,679,324 |
| 4,161 | Maya Angelou | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 4,162 | Jerrold Tarog | $5,665,641 | 3 | $1,888,547 |
| 4,163 | Andrey Volgin | $5,664,937 | 4 | $1,416,234 |
| 4,164 | Martin Sulik | $5,661,845 | 6 | $943,641 |
| 4,165 | Kazuhito Nakae | $5,660,098 | 2 | $2,830,049 |
| 4,166 | Jang-hoon-I Lee | $5,654,773 | 1 | $5,654,773 |
| 4,167 | Daniel H. Byun | $5,654,305 | 1 | $5,654,305 |
| 4,168 | Lee Kyoo-man | $5,648,375 | 1 | $5,648,375 |
| 4,169 | Jaycee Chan | $5,640,000 | 1 | $5,640,000 |
| 4,170 | Osamu Nabeshima | $5,638,352 | 1 | $5,638,352 |
| 4,171 | Eric Radomski | $5,635,204 | 3 | $1,878,401 |
| 4,172 | Bruce Timm | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 4,173 | George Hickenlooper | $5,632,839 | 6 | $938,807 |
| 4,174 | Scott Walker | $5,631,655 | 2 | $2,815,828 |
| 4,175 | Otto Bell | $5,631,241 | 1 | $5,631,241 |
| 4,176 | Chao Xu | $5,630,000 | 2 | $2,815,000 |
| 4,177 | Hee Won Do (도희원) | $5,629,480 | 1 | $5,629,480 |
| 4,178 | Vincenzo Salemme | $5,627,206 | 3 | $1,875,735 |
| 4,179 | Bent Hamer | $5,625,702 | 4 | $1,406,426 |
| 4,180 | Kevin Ko | $5,623,585 | 2 | $2,811,793 |
| 4,181 | Gwang-tae Kim | $5,622,431 | 1 | $5,622,431 |
| 4,182 | Marilou Berry | $5,621,555 | 2 | $2,810,778 |
| 4,183 | Gabriela Tagliavini | $5,607,900 | 5 | $1,121,580 |
| 4,184 | Wang Ning | $5,607,418 | 2 | $2,803,709 |
| 4,185 | Jean-Paul Salome | $5,607,170 | 3 | $1,869,057 |
| 4,186 | Luis Ortega | $5,604,680 | 1 | $5,604,680 |
| 4,187 | Tim Kirkby | $5,601,744 | 2 | $2,800,872 |
| 4,188 | Gilbert Adler | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 4,189 | Nacho Vigalondo | $5,598,478 | 7 | $799,783 |
| 4,190 | Diane Paulus | $5,597,747 | 1 | $5,597,747 |
| 4,191 | Aleksandr Sokurov | $5,595,474 | 5 | $1,119,095 |
| 4,192 | Venky Kudumula | $5,586,544 | 2 | $2,793,272 |
| 4,193 | Dmitry Kiselyov | $5,584,177 | 1 | $5,584,177 |
| 4,194 | André Pellenz | $5,573,770 | 3 | $1,857,923 |
| 4,195 | Diego Luna | $5,571,497 | 2 | $2,785,749 |
| 4,196 | Anshai Lal | $5,570,898 | 1 | $5,570,898 |
| 4,197 | Marcello Macchia | $5,560,506 | 2 | $2,780,253 |
| 4,198 | Antonio Manetti | $5,560,062 | 3 | $1,853,354 |
| 4,199 | Marco Manetti | $5,560,062 | 3 | $1,853,354 |
| 4,200 | Giulio Manfredonia | $5,556,301 | 2 | $2,778,151 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.